ζωοποιέω

zōopoieōto make aliveHow to read Greek
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Definition

ζωο-ποιέω, ῶ

[in LXX for חָיָה pi., hi., Judges 21:14, 2 Kings 5:7, Nehemiah 9:6, Job 36:6, Psalm 70:20, Ecclesiastes 7:12 * ;]

1. in cl. (= ζωογονέω), to produce alive.

2. In LXX and NT, to make alive, cause to live, quicken (DCG, ii, 606a; Cremer, 275): John 5:21; 6:53, Romans 4:17; 8:11, 1 Corinthians 15:45, 2 Corinthians 3:6, Galatians 3:21. Pass., 1 Corinthians 15:22; 15:36, 1 Peter 3:18.

Usage patterns

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Occurrences

11 total
  1. John 5:21ζωοποιεῖ · gives [them] life; ζωοποιεῖ · gives life
    For just as the Father raises the dead and gives them life, so also the Son gives life to whom He wishes.
  2. John 6:63ζωοποιοῦν · gives life
    The Spirit gives life; the flesh profits nothing. The words I have spoken to you are spirit and they are life.
  3. Romans 4:17ζωοποιοῦντος · gives life
    As it is written: “I have made you a father of many nations.” He is our father in the presence of God, in whom he believed, the God who gives life to the dead and calls into being what does not yet exist.
  4. Romans 8:11ζωοποιήσει · will also give life
    And if the Spirit of Him who raised Jesus from the dead is living in you, He who raised Christ Jesus from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through His Spirit, who lives in you.
  5. 1 Corinthians 15:22ζωοποιηθήσονται · will be made alive
    For as in Adam all die, so in Christ all will be made alive.
  6. 1 Corinthians 15:36ζωοποιεῖται · does not come to life
    You fool! What you sow does not come to life unless it dies.
  7. 1 Corinthians 15:45ζωοποιοῦν · a life-giving
    So it is written: “The first man Adam became a living being”; the last Adam a life-giving spirit.
  8. 2 Corinthians 3:6ζωοποιεῖ · gives life
    And He has qualified us as ministers of a new covenant, not of the letter but of the Spirit; for the letter kills, but the Spirit gives life.
  9. Galatians 3:21ζωοποιῆσαι · impart life
    Is the law, then, opposed to the promises of God? Certainly not! For if a law had been given that could impart life, then righteousness would certainly have come from the law.
  10. 1 Peter 3:18ζωοποιηθεὶς · made alive
    For Christ also suffered for sins once for all, the righteous for the unrighteous, to bring you to God. He was put to death in the body but made alive in the Spirit,